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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: List of reference works

Article 311-29

…genres of fiction, animation, creative documentary and audiovisual adaptation of live performances; 2° Where works belong to the creative documentary genre and are inserted within programming slots de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations and filings concerning legal entities

Article R123-266

…ister of Companies: 1° The deeds of incorporation of the legal entities referred to in articles R. 123-103 and R. 123-104, within the deadlines set by these same articles; 2° The deeds, deliberations…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conformity assessment with internal production control, also known as the "EC self-certification" procedure

Article R4313-22

The manufacturer, importer or any other person responsible for placing the equipment on the market shall draw up the technical file provided for in Article R. 4313-6 for each type of machine or person…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conformity assessment with internal production control, also known as the "EC self-certification" procedure

Article R4313-20

The internal production control procedure is the procedure whereby the manufacturer ensures that machinery or personal protective equipment satisfies the relevant technical rules of the applicable ann…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conformity assessment with internal production control, also known as the "EC self-certification" procedure

Article R4313-21

The manufacturer shall take the necessary measures to ensure, in the manufacturing process, that the machinery or personal protective equipment conforms to the machinery or personal protective equipme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions.

Article L1248-2

…mployment contract for a purpose other than that provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 1242-2 or outside the cases provided for in that same article and in article L. 1242-3 is punishable…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Organisation, operation and control of the guarantee fund.

Article R421-25

Membership of the fund by the companies referred to in article L. 421-2 only ceases in the event of withdrawal, termination or lapse of authorisation. Companies which are members of the guarantee fund…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Elements of private project management for infrastructure works

Article R2431-28

…economic operators responsible for the works, depending on the method of awarding public contracts;2° To prepare the selection of applications and to examine them;3° To analyse the tenders and, where…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: International trade marks and European Union trade marks

Article R717-2

…ns a collective mark or a guarantee mark, the regulations governing use referred to in Article R. 712-3 (2°, d), accompanied, where applicable, by its translation into French, must be furnished within…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Regulatory part

Article R600-2

The measures provided for in article L. 611-2 fall within the jurisdiction of the president of the court of the place where the registered office of the debtor, a legal entity, is located or, where ap…

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